Gate.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

W. I. COX.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1904.

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N0 MODEL.

- PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

W. I. 00X.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1904.

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PATENT OEEicE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 769,888, datedSeptember 13, 1904:.

Application filed January 30, 1904. serial No. 191,378. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM IRA Cox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Blackstone, in the county of Livingston and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates for farm or road use, more particularlyof the type adapted to be opened by the approaching passerby before thegate is reached and to be closed after the gate is passed.

The invention provides a novel form of operating means for opening andclosing the gate, said means being adapted to simultaneously actuate thegate and operate a certain latch mechanism forming a part of the gatestructure.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand ac companying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a perspective view showing the embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2is a top plan View showing the gate in open position. Fig. 3 is a detailview of the latch-bar of the gate, showing the engaging bar extendedtherefrom. Fig. 4 is a detail view, parts broken away, of the gate-postand the laterally-extending beam, showing the arrangement of thepulleys. Fig. 5 is a plan view, parts broken away, showing the variouspositions assumed by the actuating member in its cooperation with themovable engaging member. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of theactuating-bar alone.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The invention, as shown in the drawings, consists of the gate 1, whichis of the horizontal swinging class, being hingedly or pivotallysupported by a gate-post 2. The gatepost 2 may be disposed upon one sideof a crossing, road, or the like, and opposite in relative position is alatch-post 3, the latter being provided with a projection 4, whichcooperates with the latch-bar 5 of the gate to lock the gate whenclosed. The latch-bar 5 is of a special form, being slidably mounted inthe vertical bars 6 of the gate, a spring 7 serving to hold thelatch-bar 5 in a position permitting same to engage the projection 4 ofthe latch-post 3. The upper end of the latch-bar 5 is extended beyondthe outermost of the vertical gate-bars 6 and is bent clownwardly andrearwardly to form a locking extension 8, which cooperates with theprojection 4 in an obvious manner. The rearwardlybent portion of thelocking extension 8 of the latch-bar 5 comprises a guide member 9, saidmember passing through the opening in the outermost vertical gate-bar 6,which disposition creates its guide capacity.

The means for operating the gate consist of operating-cords 10, whichextend in opposite directions from either side of the gate, the ends ofthe operating-cords 10 being provided with handles 11, by which the saidcords may be actuated. Supporting-posts 12 receive the ends of the cords10, being provided with pulleys 13, through which the said cords pass.The supporting-posts are of a sufiicientheight to hold the cords 10 in aposition convenient for operation by a person passing by, whether saidperson is walking or riding in a vehicle. The inner ends of the cords 10are connected to one end of an actuating-bar M, which is pivotallysupported in a bracket 15, projected from the gate-post 2 and secured tothe said gate-post in any suitable manner. A laterallyextendingsupporting-beam 16 is disposed adjacent the post 2, being supported atone end by the said post and at the other end by a post 17, and thisbeam is provided to support a pulley 18, about which pass the endportions of the operating-cords 10 before reaching their point ofconnection with the actuatingbar 14. The actuating-bar 14 is pivoted tothe bracket or support 15 at a point between its ends, this being veryessential to the proper operation of the invention, for reasons whichwill appear as the description proceeds. A movable member 19 is carriedby the gate, said member cooperating with the actuatingbar 14 in theoperation of the gate in opening and closing. The movable member 19comprises an extension of the latch-bar 5 and is movable longitudinallyof the gate, being guided in its movement by means of the horizontalgate-bars 20, adjacent which same is disposed. The member 19 is providedat its upper and lower ends with loop portions 21, which receive thehorizontal gate-bars to providefor guide movement, as above mentioned.The spring 7, which cooperates with the latchbar 5, likewise serves,because of the formation of the movable member 19, to hold the saidmember 19 ina position in engagement with the actuating-bar 14. Themovable member 19 is provided with a friction-roller 22, which rollerbears against or engages with the actuating-bar 14, being adapted tocontact with the said bar throughout the length of the latter in theoperation of the gate. The member 19 is movable toward and from the lineof axis or pivotal point of the actuating-bar under the tension of thespring 7. When the gate is closed, the roller, carried by the movablemember 19, engages the free or unconnected end of the actuating-bar 14,and when the gate is open this roller engages the actuating-bar at apoint adjacent the end which is connected to the operating-cords 10.Because of the cooperation of the spring 7 with the movable member 19the gate is required to occupy a position either open or closed, sincethe said spring exerts a pressure tending to hold the member 19 inengagement with one or the other of the end portions of theactuating-bar 14 upon points upon either side of the point of pivotalconnection of the actuating-bar with the bracket 15. The function of theactuating-bar 14 is of acam nature in its cooperation with the movablemember 19, as will probably be very clearly understood. The pressure ofthe spring 7 is sufficient to hold the gate in either its open or closedposition; but in order to positively lock the gate closed the latch-bar5 is utilized and operates in a manner before set forth.

Within the contemplation of my invention the latch-bar 5 may be disposedwith as regards the actual means for actuating the gate,though it ispreferably used, and advantageously so, in the construction illustrated.

The operation of the gate is simple, it being necessary only to pull oneof the handles 11 of an operating-cord 10, which will actuate theactuating-bar 14, and this bar in its cooperation with the movablemember 19 will throw the gate open, the latch-bar 5 being operatedautomatically as the gate is opened. After passing the gate the operatormay then seize the handle upon the far side of the gate and a slightpull will throw the gate closed and lock same in such position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed-as new is- 1. Incombination, a gate, a movable engaging member carried by said gate, anactuatingbar pivoted at a point-between its ends and engaging themovable member of the gate, and

means for effecting movement of the engaging member longitudinally ofthe said actuating bar.

2. In combination, a gate, a movable member carried by said gate, anactuating-bar pivoted at a point between its ends, and means for holdingthe movable member in engagement with the actuating-bar at points uponopposite sides of the 'point of pivotal support of the saidactuating-bar.

3. In a gate, the combination of a support, an actuating-bar pivoted tothe support, a longitudinally-movable engaging member carried by thegate, means for effecting slidable movement of the engaging member alongthe actuating-bar toward and from the pivotal support of said bar, andmeans for normally holding the engaging member in engagement with theactuating-bar.

4. In combination, a support, a gate, an actuating-bar pivoted to thesupport, a movable engaging member slidable longitudinally of theactuating-bar and carried by said gate, and spring means normallyholding the movable engaging member in engagement with theactuating-bar.

5. In a gate, the combination with a pivoted actuating-bar, of anengaging member carried by the gate and movable toward and from thepivotal support of' the actuating-bar, and means for holding theengaging member in engagement with the actuating-bar.

6. In a gate, the combination with an engaging member slidably mountedupon the gate, of a pivoted actuating-bar engaging the said engagingmember of the gate, and a frictionroller carried by the engaging memberand engaged by the actuating-bar.

7. In a gate, the combination with a slidably-mounted engaging membercarried by the gate, an actuating-bar pivoted at a point between itsends and engaging the engaging member of the gate, spring means forholding the engaging member in engagement with the actuating-bar, andactuating means connected to one end of the said actuating-bar foreffecting longitudinal movement of the engaging member along theactuating-bar.

8. In a gate, the combination with a movable member carried by the gate,an actuating-bar engaging said movable member, spring means normallyholding the movable member in engagement with the actuatingbar upon oneside or the other of the point of pivotal connection of the saidactuating-bar, and a latch-bar operable by the movable member of thegate.

9. In combination with a support, a gate carried by said support, anactuating-bar pivoted to said support at a point between its ends, aslidable engaging member carried by the gate and movable toward and fromthe point of pivotal connection of the actuating member, means forholding the slidable engaging member in engagement with the actuatingmember, and a latch-bar operable by the slidable engaging member.

10. In combination with asupport, a swinging gate mounted upon saidsupport, a slidable engaging member carried by the gate, anactuating-bar pivoted to the support at a point between its ends, aroller carried by the slidable engaging bar and engaging theactuating-bar, spring means for holding the slidable engaging bar inengagement with the actuating-bar at a point upon either side of thepoint of pivotal connection of the actuating-bar, a latch-bar mountedupon the gate and connected with the slidable engaging bar, andoperating-cords connected to-one end of the actuating-bar for operationthereof.

In testimony whereof I aflEiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM IRA COX.

Witnesses B. R. JoHNsoN, CHAs. A. GILL.

